Tamstar
2020-07-24 14:15:01
- #1
Hi,
a while ago we looked at a half-timbered house in need of renovation, but since too many circumstances didn’t fit, we didn’t pursue it further. Now a few months have passed, the offers in our area are not increasing, and yesterday the property was listed again... with a lower price. Since in the meantime we often thought about the beautiful outbuildings, one could say now that it’s a sign of fate that the house was listed again and that we should seriously consider it.
The biggest drawback for me was actually the very low ceiling height. It was not even 2 meters. What do you think... can anything be done about that?
We haven’t done any investigations yet, I’m just collecting ideas. If it really gets serious, of course a structural engineer, carpenter, etc. will be involved.
I would look at the floor structure. But since there is a vaulted cellar underneath, there won’t be much to gain there.
Then uncover the beams of the first floor and attic, they are covered up, so you can gain a few cm there as well.
But in total it won’t be more than 10 cm.
Are there solutions without complete demolition? Doubling the frames of the upper floors or something like that?
I’ll call
Oh, by the way... no historic monument protection and no visible half-timbering.
Regards
a while ago we looked at a half-timbered house in need of renovation, but since too many circumstances didn’t fit, we didn’t pursue it further. Now a few months have passed, the offers in our area are not increasing, and yesterday the property was listed again... with a lower price. Since in the meantime we often thought about the beautiful outbuildings, one could say now that it’s a sign of fate that the house was listed again and that we should seriously consider it.
The biggest drawback for me was actually the very low ceiling height. It was not even 2 meters. What do you think... can anything be done about that?
We haven’t done any investigations yet, I’m just collecting ideas. If it really gets serious, of course a structural engineer, carpenter, etc. will be involved.
I would look at the floor structure. But since there is a vaulted cellar underneath, there won’t be much to gain there.
Then uncover the beams of the first floor and attic, they are covered up, so you can gain a few cm there as well.
But in total it won’t be more than 10 cm.
Are there solutions without complete demolition? Doubling the frames of the upper floors or something like that?
I’ll call
Oh, by the way... no historic monument protection and no visible half-timbering.
Regards